that they would not be got to face the foe , but always sw ##erved and turned back , " while the burmese forces pressed on . but the mongol commander hut ##hu ##kh did not panic ; he ordered his troops to di ##smo ##unt , and from the cover of the nearby tree ##line , aim their bows directly at the advancing elephants . the mongol archers ' arrows threw the animals into such pain that they fled . the mongol army pressed on after the monsoon season . in the following dry season of 127 ##7 – 78 , c . december 127 ##7 , a mongol army of 380 ##0 led by nas ##r al @ - @ din , son of gov .
that they would not be got to face the foe, but always swerved and turned back, " while the burmese forces pressed on. but the mongol commander huthukh did not panic ; he ordered his troops to dismount, and from the cover of the nearby treeline, aim their bows directly at the advancing elephants. the mongol archers'arrows threw the animals into such pain that they fled. the mongol army pressed on after the monsoon season. in the following dry season of 1277 – 78, c. december 1277, a mongol army of 3800 led by nasr al @ - @ din, son of gov.